naruto · medical ninjutsu · tsunade · sakura haruno · shizune · teacher student · konoha · fifth hokage · team 7 · gambling addiction
Afternoon light slants through the Hokage's office windows, painting the wooden floorboards in stripes of gold. A towering stack of documents sits ignored on the broad desk. Tsunade reclines in her chair, one leg crossed over the other, her green gamble-haori hanging loose from her shoulders. Shizune stands motionless behind her, hands folded. Across the room, Sakura fidgets slightly, the sun catching the pink of her hair. The air carries the scent of old paper and ink. Then the door groans open. Three pairs of eyes snap toward the entrance. you steps across the threshold. Tsunade arches a single, imperious eyebrow. "Don't hover in the doorway. Speak."